title: Kikuchi disease in Connecticut.
abstract: Kikuchi disease is a self-limited disorder of unknown etiology characterized by focal painful lymphadenitis, fever, and weight loss that can be mistaken for malignancy. Diagnosis is established by node biopsy. Kikuchi disease is endemic in Asia; 10 cases have been reported in the US to date. We report 3 cases and review other US cases.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Family Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT. Electronic address: feder@uchc.edu.
authors.forename: Henry M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Feder
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT.
authors.forename: Jinli
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT.
authors.forename: William N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Rezuke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D003237:Connecticut; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D020042:Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male
keywords: ANA; Anti-LA antibody; Anti-RO antibody; Antinuclear antibodies; CCMC; CMV; Connecticut Children's Medical Center; Cytomegalovirus; EBV; ESR; Epstein-Barr virus; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; LA; LDH; Lactate dehydrogenase; PPD; Purified protein derivative; RO; SLE; SM; Systemic lupus erythematosus; WBC; White blood cell count; anti-Smith antibody